Who Is Geoff Thompson?
The last time I mentioned the name of Geoff Thompson in this blog was in relation to a workshop I was running called Streetwise: How to Protect Yourself Against Aggression. Geoff is a former bouncer and self-defence expert whose autobiography Watch My Back has enjoyed tremendous success. He has now branched out into other areas of writing. I mention him because I’ve spent the last...
Read MoreDid Positive Thinking Cause the Recession?
A few weekends ago I happened across an article called Positive thinking is positively bad for you so always look on the glum slide of life by Virginia Ironside. In it she gave a positive review for a book entitled Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. The author is Barbara Ehrenreich, an American journalist, socialist and political...
Read MoreBeyond ‘Positive Thinking’
This is quick blog to make a quick point: there is a world of difference between ‘positive thinking’ and positive psychology. Positive thinking… …is a largely esoteric and notoriously vague concept. It was the brain child of Norman Vincent Peel. It has also been advocated by those associated with the New Age Movement, NLP and the farther reaches of the personal...
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